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Gayle McFarlane

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I am an experienced commercial lawyer, with well over a decade of experience in working and building relationships with corporate counsel, procurement and compliance teams. I have a particular interest in all things technology and data related – e-commerce, software development, IT outsourcing, data protection, freedom of information, data security and all things digital.

I have a keen interest in technology - in its use to ease the burden of compliance responsibilities, but also in its application in business, and advises clients on their technology licensing and development, and, particularly pertinent regarding licence compliance issues, the use of open source software.

From conducting data protection audits, overseeing the development of compliant CRM solutions, advising businesses on how to integrate their data and the public sector on when they are able to exploit their data, and working both to achieve the disclosure of data, and protect it when disclosure would have been detrimental under the Freedom of Information Act, there are very few aspects of the legislation she haven't scrutinised.

Position

Partner

Languages

French

West Midlands: TMT (technology, media and telecoms)

IT and telecoms

Within: IT and telecoms

The âexcellentâ Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLPÂ is headed by Charlotte Walker-OsbornÂ who specialises in non-contentious matters, with notable expertise in outsourcing, artificial intelligence and procurement matters. She recently advised Honda Motor Europe on its connected car offering across EMEA, assisted Ricoh Europe on its private cloud relating to critical business systems and worked with the John Lewis Partnership on its day to day technology contracts. Â Other key individuals include: principal associate Ben McLeodÂ , who is an expert in technology agreements; and privacy and technology specialistÂ Gayle McFarlaneÂ . Toyota, Cadent Gas and Smiths Group are also key clients.

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AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine in connection with two syndicated EUR-denominated facilities arranged by Deutsche Bank in December 2018 and March 2019 for the total amount equivalent to approximately USD1 billion.

AVELLUM acted as the Ukrainian legal counsel to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (âEBRD â) and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (" BSTDB ") in connection with senior secured loans in the total amount of up to EUR36.3 million to Rengy Bioenergo LLC (âLoans â).

The document entitled "Statement of Changes to Immigration Rules" which was released by the House of Commons on the 7th March 2019, outlined and advised us on a number of changes that will come into place that will affect the Tier 1 Investor Visa amongst other visa programmes and schemes. The latest article on our website discusses both of these new UK business visa routes. Our immigration lawyers London are already up to date on all of the required information for both the NEW Tier 1 Start-Up Visa and the NEW Tier 1 Innovator Visa .

According to the new document from the House of Commons on March 7th 2019 titled âStatement of Changes to Immigration Rulesâ, a number of changes will come into place that affecting the Tier 1 UK Investor Visa programme amongst other visa programmes and schemes. Read about them in our latestÂ article .Â

There is no doubt that the UK has to date benefited immensely from visa-free EUÂ immigration to the extent that visa conditions and caps on non-EU migrant have undermined and overshadowed the ability of this group to play a prominent role in British industry and commerce and in its expanding and overburdened NHS service. It is the view ofÂ Gulbenkian Andonian Â however, that afterÂ Brexit, there should be a noticeable change in those skilled non-EU migrants contributing to British society in a meaningful way.Â

From 1 January 2021 everyone except for British and Irish citizens will be subject to immigration control in the UK. Â Gulbenkian Andonian solicitors has already published an article on this topic of post- Brexit immigration and has discussed the case of EU nationals and family members after Brexit, you can find that article here as one of many in our blog .

A medical practice cannot advertise using the term âPraxisklinikâ (âclinicâ in English) if it does not provide overnight accommodation. That was the view upheld by the Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) in a ruling from October 17, 2018 (Az.: I ZR 58/18).